Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a coating method of a woven artificial blood vessel and the artificial blood vessel. The artificial blood vessel prepared by the invention is stored after being sterilized, pre-coagulation is not needed before implantation, and the artificial blood vessel can be directly used for clinical transplantation after being soaked in normal saline.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
in order to solve the coating technology, the invention carries out decomposition research on the coating process of the artificial blood vessel, and finds that at least part of the reasons for causing the problems are as follows: the varying inner diameter of the artificial blood vessel affects the surface tension of the coating solution in contact with the artificial blood vessel, thereby affecting the uniformity of the coating of the artificial blood vessel. Based on the above findings, the present invention provides a method for coating an artificial blood vessel, comprising the step of braiding a raw tube coating.
In order to solve the problem of coating uniformity, the invention adopts a step-by-step coating mode, firstly, the woven tube blank is coated, and the coating is carried out on the flat blank tube, so that the contact surface tension of the coating solution and the artificial blood vessel is consistent, thereby solving the uniformity of the coating and simultaneously effectively reducing the water permeation quantity of the artificial blood vessel; the blank tube after the texture is coated again, so that the biocompatibility of the artificial blood vessel is further improved.
The coating solution of the woven blank tube is an organic solvent solution, the effective component contained in the organic solvent is one of biological-grade polyurethane, polyester, polytetrafluoroethylene and the like, and the concentration of the coating solution is 0.5-5%.
The invention finds that the specific solution for coating the braided blank pipe can effectively reduce the permeation quantity of the blank pipe.
In order to improve the firmness of the coating of the braided blank tube, the braided blank tube is preferably degreased in advance before the coating of the braided blank tube.
The invention also discovers that degreasing treatment is carried out in advance before the coating of the braided blank tube, and active groups on the surface of the blank tube are increased by adjusting the process parameters such as the dosage of a degreasing agent, an auxiliary agent, a bath ratio, the treatment time and the like.
Furthermore, the concentration of the deoiling agent used for the deoiling treatment is 1 g/L-10 g/L, and auxiliary NaHCO is used3The concentration is 0.5 g/L-5 g/L, the bath ratio is 1:10, the treatment is carried out for 30min at 98 ℃. After the deoiling treatment, removeWashing with ionized water for 3-5 times, and then drying at 60 ℃ for 10-60 min.
Preferably, the coating of the woven blank pipe adopts a padding coating, the coating pressure is 0-5 bar, and the vehicle speed is 0.2-20 m/min. The solution enters the pores of the yarn, and the permeation quantity of the artificial vascular water is reduced.
Preferably, the coating of the braided blank tube further comprises a drying step, and the drying mode is one of hot air drying and vacuum drying.
Furthermore, the drying temperature is 40-90 ℃ and the time is 0.5-8 h.
Preferably, the coating method further comprises a step of coating the corrugated blank pipe;
furthermore, the texture-forming blank pipe is a recoating layer which is formed by a texture-forming process after the coating of the weaving blank pipe, namely, the elasticity and the compliance of the artificial blood vessel are improved by the texture-forming process.
The concentration of the effective component of the coating solution for the corrugated pipe is 1-20% of one of heparin, silk fibroin, albumin, gelatin, collagen and the like in biological grade.
Preferably, the coating is a perfusion coating, chemical crosslinking is adopted after the coating, the chemical crosslinking agent is one of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, glyoxal, genipin and glutaraldehyde, the concentration of the chemical crosslinking agent is 0.001% -1%, vacuum drying is adopted, the temperature is 20-45 ℃, and the time is 20-120 min.
In the invention, the coating which is sequentially subjected to deoiling treatment, coating and drying is prepared into a blank pipe for texturing, and then the texturing is coated. The contact area between the blank pipe and the coating solution is increased by weaving the blank pipe, the water permeation quantity of the artificial blood vessel is reduced, and the biocompatibility of the artificial blood vessel is further improved by the coating of the textured blank pipe.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the coating method comprises the following steps:
(1) deoiling the braided blank pipe;
the deoiling agent used for deoiling treatment is a refining agent, the concentration is 1 g/L-10 g/L, the concentration of NaHCO3 is 0.5 g/L-5 g/L, the bath ratio is 1:10, the treatment is carried out for 30min at 98 ℃, deionized water is washed for 2-5 times, and then the drying is carried out for 10-60 min at 60 ℃;
(2) coating the deoiled braided blank tube;
the coating solution is an organic solvent solution, the effective component contained in the organic solvent is one of biological polyurethane, polyester, polytetrafluoroethylene and the like, and the concentration of the coating solution is 0.5-5%. A padding coating is adopted, the pressure of the padding coating is 0-5 bar, and the vehicle speed is 0.2-20 m/min; drying at low temperature, wherein the drying mode is one of hot air drying and vacuum drying, the drying temperature is 40-90 ℃, and the drying time is 0.5-8 h;
(3) the woven blank tube after coating is subjected to texturing treatment, so that the kinking resistance of the artificial blood vessel is reduced;
(4) coating the artificial blood vessel after the texture is formed; the coating solution contains one of heparin, silk fibroin, albumin, gelatin, collagen and the like with the concentration of 1-20% in the biological level of the effective components; the method is characterized in that a perfusion coating is adopted, chemical crosslinking is adopted after the coating, a chemical crosslinking agent is one of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, glyoxal, genipin and glutaraldehyde, the concentration of the chemical crosslinking agent is 0.001% -1%, vacuum drying is adopted, the temperature is 20-45 ℃, and the time is 20-120 min.
The invention also provides a woven artificial blood vessel obtained by the coating method.
Advantageous effects
According to the artificial blood vessel coating method, the contact area between the coating solution and the artificial blood vessel is increased by weaving the blank tube coating, the coating is uniform and good in adhesion, and the whole water permeation quantity of the artificial blood vessel is small; the coating after the texture is formed adopts a protein solution coating, so that the biocompatibility of the artificial blood vessel is further improved, and the elasticity and the compliance of the artificial blood vessel are effectively protected. The coating method of the invention is simple and is suitable for large-scale and continuous production.
The artificial blood vessel prepared by the invention has uniform coating, small integral water permeation amount and good biocompatibility, and keeps good elasticity and compliance of the artificial blood vessel. The artificial blood vessel prepared by the invention is stored after being sterilized, and can be directly transplanted only by being soaked in normal saline for about 3min without pre-coagulation during transplantation, thereby shortening the waiting time of the operation and relieving the pain of a patient.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. Before the description is made, it should be understood that the terms used in the present specification and the appended claims should not be construed as limited to general and dictionary meanings, but interpreted based on the meanings and concepts corresponding to technical aspects of the present invention on the basis of the principle that the inventor is allowed to define terms appropriately for the best explanation. Accordingly, the description proposed herein is just a preferable example for the purpose of illustrations only, not intended to limit the scope of the invention, so it should be understood that other equivalents and modifications could be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
The following examples are given by way of illustration of embodiments of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Unless otherwise specified, reagents and equipment used in the following examples are commercially available products.
Example 1
8mm pipe diameter artificial blood vessel coating.
Deoiling the braided artificial blood vessel with 3g/L, NaHCO g refining agent35g/L, bath ratio 1:10, 90 ℃, for 30 min. Washing with deionized water for 3 times, and baking at 60 deg.C for 20 min.
And then coating the deoiled braided blank tube by adopting a biological-grade polyurethane solution as an effective component with the mass fraction of 5%. The padding coating is adopted, the pressure is 2Bar, the vehicle speed is 2m/min, the hot air type drying is adopted, the drying temperature is 50 ℃, and the drying time is 1 h.
Weaving a blank pipe coating, then texturing, preparing a 5% solution by using albumin as an effective component and ultrapure water as a solvent for the blank pipe after texturing, coating in a perfusion coating mode, then chemically crosslinking by using 0.05% acetaldehyde, and then drying in a vacuum drying oven at the drying temperature of 45 ℃ for 6h to obtain the artificial blood vessel with the diameter of 8 mm.
To test the coating effect, the total number of water permeabilities of the artificial blood vessel obtained in this example was 0mL/cm at 120mmHg2.min。
Blood compatibility of the artificial blood vessel obtained in this example: the hemolysis rate is less than 1 percent; the difference between the APTT time and the control sample is within 5 s; compared with the positive control sample, the calcium recovery time can improve the anticoagulation function of the material; platelet adhesion (see figure 1), whole blood adhesion and control sample ratio are not greatly different, and whole blood dynamic coagulation time and positive control group are not greatly different. Cell compatibility: promoting endothelial cell proliferation (see fig. 2, fig. 3). Tissue compatibility: has no anti-inflammatory and sensitization reaction. The artificial blood vessel obtained in the embodiment is proved to have better biocompatibility.
The artificial blood vessel obtained in the embodiment is applied with a longitudinal load of 0.294N-0.588N (30 g-60 g), and the elastic recovery rate in the length direction can reach more than 99.5 percent; the compliance is less than 1.0%/100 mmHg. The artificial blood vessel obtained in the embodiment has good elasticity and compliance.
Example 2
Coating the artificial blood vessel with the pipe diameter of 18 mm.
Deoiling the braided artificial blood vessel with 5g/L, NaHCO refining agent39g/L, bath ratio 1:10, 90 ℃, for 30 min. Washing with deionized water for 4 times, and baking at 60 deg.C for 30 min.
Then, the deoiled braided blank tube is coated by adopting a biological-grade polyester solution as an effective component with the mass fraction of 8%. The padding coating is adopted, the pressure is 2.5Bar, the vehicle speed is 2.5m/min, the hot air type drying is adopted, the drying temperature is 60 ℃, and the drying time is 1 h.
Weaving a blank tube coating, then texturing, using grade heparin as an effective component for the blank tube after texturing, using ultrapure water as a solvent to prepare a solution with the concentration of 8%, coating in a pouring coating mode, then using formaldehyde with the concentration of 1% to perform chemical crosslinking, and then putting the blank tube into a vacuum drying oven to be dried, wherein the drying temperature is 35 ℃, and the drying time is 8 hours, so that the artificial blood vessel with the diameter of 18mm is obtained.
To test the coating effect, the total number of water permeabilities of the vascular prosthesis was measured to be 0mL/cm at 120mmHg2.min。
Example 3
Coating the artificial blood vessel with the pipe diameter of 28 mm.
Deoiling the braided artificial blood vessel with 5g/L, NaHCO refining agent3Treating at 10g/L and bath ratio of 1:10 at 90 deg.C for 30 min. Washing with deionized water for 3 times, and baking at 60 deg.C for 40 min.
And then coating the deoiled braided blank tube by adopting a biological-grade polyurethane solution as an effective component with the mass fraction of 10%. The padding coating is adopted, the pressure is 3.0Bar, the vehicle speed is 3m/min, the hot air type drying is adopted, the drying temperature is 50 ℃, and the drying time is 1 h.
Weaving a blank tube coating, then texturing, preparing a 6% solution by using biological-grade silk fibroin as an effective component and ultrapure water as a solvent for the blank tube after texturing, coating by adopting a perfusion coating mode, then chemically crosslinking by using 0.1% glutaraldehyde, then drying in a vacuum drying oven at the drying temperature of 40 ℃ for 8h to obtain the artificial blood vessel with the diameter of 28 mm.
To test the coating effect, the total number of water permeabilities of the vascular prosthesis was measured to be 0mL/cm at 120mmHg2.min。
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions.